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The following trainings are open to people around the country interested in learning more about building resilience in preschoolers or infants and toddlers.
This training prepares participants to implement a strength-based assessment and planning system designed to promote resilience and social and emotional health of infants and toddlers. Participants of this training will gain a thorough understanding of the need to strengthen the social and emotional health of infants and toddlers as well as the tools to effectively assess and implement resilience building strategies in the home and early childhood settings. Promoting resilience of the caregiver will also be highlighted.
This training is designed for professionals who have attended the DECA for Infants & Toddlers Implementation Training and are seeking additional information, tools, strategies and resources to effectively support their program staff in the implementation of the program. Participants gain valuable ideas for providing workshops and technical assistance to their staff, along with a roll-out plan to support staff in a program-wide implementation.
For more information or to register online visit http://bit.ly/55LSgv.
The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) Program is a strength-based system designed to promote resilience in children 2 through 5 years old. Through the program, early childhood professionals and families learn specific strategies to promote young children's social and emotional development and to enhance the overall quality of early childhood programs. In this hands-on, two-day training, participants will learn to implement the five steps of the comprehensive DECA Program. These five steps are: 1) Collecting information on individual children and program practices; 2) Administering the DECA, a nationally standardized, norm-referenced, strength-based assessment of social and emotional development; 3) Summarize assessment results; 4) Develop and implement plans for the classroom and individual children, and 5) Evaluate Progress.
The DECA-C is a standardized, norm-referenced behavior rating scale that evaluates behaviors related to social and emotional resilience and concerns in preschool children ages 2 through 5. The DECA-C is designed to support early intervention efforts to reduce or eliminate significant emotional and behavioral concerns in preschool children. Topics covered in the one-day DECA-C Training will include: the development and standardization of the DECA-C; administering the DECA-C; scoring the tool; interpreting results; using the mental health consultation model to establish a plan of how to work with families around results; and, planning next steps for children. **Participants need to be a "Level B" user to order and use this tool. For more information on the qualifications of a Level B user, please e-mail Debi Mahler at dmahler@devereux.org
The two-day Local Program Mentor Training will help prepare DECA Program Implementation Training participants to return to their local programs and offer technical assistance and workshops as necessary on the DECA Program. Time will be spent on reviewing DECA Program key messages, discussing training and mentoring tips and techniques, and troubleshooting with program staff and participants currently using the DECA Program or who are planning to use the DECA Program. **Prerequisite: participants need to have attended the 2-Day DECA Program Implementation Training conducted by a DECA Program Certified Trainer.
For more information or to register online visit http://bit.ly/6vhu5Y.
This training is designed for any adult in the early care and education field who wants to be inspired, motivated, and encouraged within the important context of caring for young children. Day one of this training will focus on effective strategies for promoting the social and emotional health and resilience of adults. Day two will focus on effective strategies for promoting the social and emotional heath and resilience of children in the classroom.
For more information or to register online visit http://bit.ly/aHHTtp.
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